Stephenson Harwood has expanded its competition law team to Paris with the arrival of Jean-Julien Lemonnier as a partner, the firm has announced.

Lemonnier joins from White & Case, where he practised for 14 years, rising to counsel. He becomes the firm’s first competition partner in Paris, where the firm joins a growing roster of law firms that are building up their European competition law strength, in addition to new boutique firms specializing in antitrust.